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It’s too easy to neglect having a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan when producing on an indie film budget. Producers are focused on fleshing out a tight screenplay, hiring cast and crew while keeping track of every dollar they spend. Studio budget movies hire goliath companies to develop a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan for their latest blockbuster.

Indie filmmakers have to get creative with their marketing strategy and movie distribution plan so their creative hard work doesn’t just disappear after it’s done. I’ve been learning a lot of good stuff by following what other filmmakers are doing to market a movie in order to make film distribution money.

One movie with a sexually driven theme created artwork and an attention grabbing marketing package that included condoms with the name of the film printed on them. I read they stood out at film festivals with this creative approach. There are also rare indie produced movies that are so damn entertaining they secure meaningful movie distribution without a strong marketing strategy to promote them.

But why take the gamble that your movie will be one of the rare ones? Thinking about a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan early as possible is what successful indie producers do. I don’t read entertainment industry trades like The Hollywood Reporter or Variety because they don’t have information based off the real life indie cinema scene.

I’ve been turning to blogs more and more that are ran by indie producers and filmmakers that share what marketing strategies and movie distribution plans have worked for them. I really like reading Indie Slate Magazine and MovieMaker Magazine because they spend time focusing on the business of indie filmmaking not just the creative part of the process.

Creating an online buzz for an indie feature is one of the most effective ways to market a movie without having to spend money you don’t have. It only takes personal time to run a movie blog, Twitter account, Facebook page, Google +1 and other popular social networking outlets. Crowd funding for indie movies has really shown that people do respond to online marketing. The effort to keep a movie blog fresh and stay connected with people pays off in the end. Building interest for a movie online is the way to go.

Having an idea of what the movie distribution plan is going to be will depend on what you want as a producer. Are you going to self-distribute or look to land a distribution deal with a company?

Movie self-distribution makes financial sense for smaller budget indie films. Self-distribution allows the creators to keep control of the rights to their movie. Less money has to be made from direct sales to make a real profit from a movie because there aren’t distribution fees and percentages taken out by a distributor. Many filmmakers have made money for their film investors and themselves from their work through self-distribution combined with an aggressive online marketing push they do themselves.

Landing a movie distribution deal normally offers greater exposure and more people see a movie that is released by a film distribution company worldwide than a self-distributed titled. Movie distributors that cater to releasing indie films usually don’t put together a big marketing strategy. They have relationships with film buyers all over the world that receive their catalog of available titles or see what they have at film markets.

Avoid a past mistake I made by sitting back after signing a distribution deal expecting the distributor to market the hell out of the title. It’s important to still have a workable marketing strategy after you sign a movie distribution agreement. You’ll have to check with the distributor to see what you can and can’t do to market your movie online. But overall it’s a win-win for both parties in exposure and film sales.

There has now been a study done on the issue of longevity across karate styles in concert with data crunching by a University of South Australia academic. It was done as karate is perceived by practitioners as lifespan extending, however the sport and art is unique in a number of ways given its injury rate, life-long stresses and training culture. So given that the vast majority of karate-ka that have been polled over the years believe that the art fosters a long life, highlighting the stereotype of a ‘Yoda’ like old and wise master, it was worth re-visiting as this may not in fact be the reality.

– differing types of inflammation and how it possibly ties to karate longevity

– sparring, drills, ude tanren and kata like sanchin how do each of them really impact longevity

– dojo cultural considerations

– the effect of the developed karate persona & combative environments on longevity

In particular the data shows that all karate styles’ masters, on average, die young since WWII. However the exploration of the many variables and links to style types as well as noting some differences is key (and evidence based practice approach by region, style and era). For example, the data for the masters who lived in the 1800s is somewhat unique, and attributes of training today provides possibilities as to why that it is the case. Data spanned 118 karate masters (8th dans, style founders, style successors etc.) to analyse the links to shortened lifespan in karate styles and factored in: injury rates, diets in regions, psychology and combative factors and stance/practice types.

In some ways the general idea of this existed in the 1800s despite today’s almost universal spin that martial arts results in long-term health as a core theme. Supporting this are some interesting statements on the topic by passed masters such as Itosu of the 1800s, Shito-ryu’s Mabuni, Asai of Shotokan who openly stated health may not go hand-in-hand with budo.

Understanding the pluses and minuses for certain ways of doing karate inside all of the styles from Shotokan, Goju to Shito-ryu, is key for many who have health as a central theme.

Everybody dislikes when they are trying to enjoy a movie and find their television cannot keep up with action. The LCD high definition Toshiba 47ZV635DB REGZA ZV does away with that annoyance. Active Vision M200HD means whatever you are watching remains fully focused and viewable.

Do you enjoy fast-paced games, such as racing or fighting? If so, this is the perfect television for you. Just use the built-in game mode and you are ready for your next adventure. There will be no more slow-downs or blurs in the action to ruin your fun!

Some homes, with dim lighting, find out that certain sets are incompatible. They can never get the brightness of the screen just right to really appreciate what they are watching. With AutoView, this will no longer be a problem. This television can adapt to its surroundings, so the image is always easy to see. They also remain in focus and startling clear thanks to a 100,000 to 1 contrast and 16. 9 Native Aspect Ratio.

You can arrange your seating however it looks best in your room, thanks to the 178 degree viewing angle. Different from flat-screen laptops, there is no bad spot from which to view this set. Textures and edges are smooth and realistic with the Toshiba 47ZV635DB.

You will never hear another deafening roar when you change the channel. This television has an auto-adjustable Dolby Digital sound system. Wherever you have set the volume is where it stays. You will never have to hurry to cover your ears, again. With almost instantaneous results, the volume is accurately corrected. The integrated bass booster makes even listening to must in this set a sheer delight.

Many televisions look out of place, regardless of how you try to fit them into a room. Whether you put them on a stand or in and entertainment center, they just never fit in. The Deep Lagoon Design of this one, however, means it always looks perfect. It uses less space and still looks chic.

A feature lacking from many modern televisions is a media card slot, but this one has it. You can play your favorite files with impunity. It comes ready for action with posts for SCART, S-Video and HDMI. Hooking up that new game system or MP3 player could not be easier. Thanks to this set and the Liquid Crystal Display, you will wish you had bought it sooner.

No one likes a remote that is hard to use and bulky. Thankfully, Toshiba has created one that actually complements the set it comes with. You will never have to guess at how to make adjustments or change something. Easily navigate the digital text menus or make changes to your favorite channels list. An electronic programming guide lets you find things in a snap.

Everyone in your home, from the die-hard gamer to the movie lover is going to like the Toshiba 47ZV635DB. It is a set that gives both value and quality for your money. It is always ready to go, whether playing games or showing off digital pictures. You may find yourself liking it even more than the real cinema!

“Wrinkle Creams” that phrase that has changed the way dermatologists used to research about the skin texture. “Best Wrinkle Cream”, the word which gets the highest attention among the women. Best wrinkle creams have finally won the race and beaten the front runners like Botox and facelift surgeries in terms of searches on the web. Women after thirty become self conscious about the way they look. Then they pursue these words on the internet and end up trapped in the viscous cycle of the selfish promotion by the manufacturers.

The Wrinkles and the skin sagginess are natural and can be dealt with once you know how to choose the right skin type product. One of the way outs is to trust the reviews done by the eminent dermatologists and public figures, who have defied the aging signs themselves. The general conception about the wrinkle cream reviews is that the more expensive the sweeter it is. However, you may be disappointed when you see the actual facts being revealed after a good test. Botox, for example, is expensive but has an array of side effects but natural agents like honey and others can be really helpful in triggering anti aging effects.

Bullet points that may hit your Conscience:-

1. Is this natural?

With the present age being tagged as the age of contamination, it is very important to see that your product selection is good and that you it delivers lead you to the expected ageless path of youth. Best wrinkle cream has to be natural in its formulation to trigger natural benefits.

2. What is the price range?

The price range is decided by two contributory factors: marketing cost and the effective ingredient of the cream. It is very important that you know which factor has a heavier share. A hugely marketed product wild always cost more than an effective product with lesser market attention. Marketing helps you to grab eyeballs whereas the ingredients help you to get results.

3. Does it reduce the fell of the wrinkles?

Well, when you are young you can generally feel that your skin is very plump on touch but with aging that feel decreases. Wrinkles of the skin can get lighter with a prolonged usage of a natural wrinkle reducing agent like the Resveratrol, or matrixyl 3000.

4. Does it suit My Skin type?

There are many skin types which makes it difficult to arrive on a perfect conclusion about choosing the product which may help your cause.

The people who know the root causes of the wrinkles always want the best wrinkle creams to be composed of some of the best natural ingredients like the Resveratrol, micro collagen and others.

Don’t Know where To Go?

Considering all the questions that may haunt you, we decided to conduct a market research about the products that are available in the market and ended up finding that natural is the best. Natural wrinkle creams are often called the best as they are devoid of any side effects. However to choose one out of a million is a herculean task.

But don’t worry; we have crafted a way out of this problem of selection by choice. We have reviewed the most widely acknowledged wrinkle creams in the town to come up with a comprehensive result.

That’s not all: we have added a personalized research by simply comparing them on the grounds of effectiveness, cost and ingredients.

We have all seen them, services that are offered to us at no charge, the e-books, videos and reports that are generated to entice us to click the Submit button.

They offer us for FREE, all the information we are seeking and all we have to do is fill in the form and click next.

These are called your Opt-In Offer.

Your Opt-In Offer is usually the starting point of the online marketing cycle. It’s the first peek of who you are and what you’re about. It’s one of the ways to grow and gather your customer list.

Many of us when first starting don’t want to think of selling ourselves, but in a small way that is what you are doing. The opt-in offer is the beginning of your “sales funnel” which is a tool to help you grow your potential list.

The thought behind the opt-in offer is to build your own personal list of customers. This can be used as a mailing list, email list, sending a sales letter, special offers, promotions and product offers, the list can be endless.

Returning Customers are your raving fans. They are the ones that enjoy your products and see the value of them. And most of the time they are the ones that will spend the extra money on your new products or services because they already know the quality of your work.

When going out to eat to that special restaurant that you only go to now and then. You are excited and willing to wait all day because you know the quality of the meal you’re going to get. You already know the appetizer you will order because you sampled it before. Your mouth is watering as you wait for it to come to your table. You can already anticipate its taste and smell the aroma; it is making your mouth water…

This is the scene you want to portray with your opt-in offer. You want people anticipating its arrival. And when it comes, they jump on it.

To create your offer, you’ll want to use some of your best work. You want to give others the ability to see your potential as well as giving your readers the ability to envision themselves applying the tips you are offering. Thinking this process through and what the message you’re sending is is very important, so take your time with this stage. Your goal is to have your customers… Want More.

You want them coming back time and time again because you are speaking to their needs. You have given them the ability to apply one small nugget to their online marketing or whatever niche you find yourself in. You have offered them the results they have been looking for.

Creating an offer that will continue to give back to your readers or customers is the goal of creating a powerful opt-in offer.

Remember my friends… “Success Is Not An Accident”

Make it a Great One

Donna

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If you’ve never read any Kinect reviews, you’re in for a treat. It might be the best gaming peripheral developed since somebody thought to use a mouse to control a character. But you’re not a mouse, and like all the people who buy Kinect (which you’ll probably want to soon), you’ll discover a whole new way to play every game your Xbox touches. While using your body might sound like a bad pickup line straight out of Leisure Suit Larry, it’s really a whole new way to get into the game in a very literal sense of the word.

First, the Kinect reviews may not all tell you this, but it’s actually a two part system. The main part that gets people’s attention is the scanner at the front. All you do is stand in front of it, let it map you, and then you can get to playing almost immediately. The second part, which is almost as neat, is the fact that Kinect features a voice activation command for your media. If you don’t want to mess with a remote, you no longer have to do things like that. Who wants to be wasting their game time hunting around for that thing, anyway? Buy Kinect, and save some time that you could be using to brutalize the enemy… or help an adorable character rescue their friends.

Just think about what a sports game becomes when you buy Kinect. All the game reviews you read where the game is fun become just that much better when you, well, connect the Kinect to them. Kinect reviews don’t do justice to the level of immersion you can get out of your play. The only possible disadvantage you might face is if you get a wicked itch at a very inopportune time. Under international gamer rules, you don’t get a second try just because you fell off a cliff due to scratching.

If you have enough lotion to keep the game ending itches at bay, you will love what the Kinect does for your games. All in all, it makes pretty much every game you can think of better than it could ever be with just using your thumbs. If you’ve ever tried Kinect and you don’t end up buy Kinect, you must not like to move. If you know anywhere they have a Kinect available to play with, do it- you won’t want to go back- anything else feels like you’re paralyzed.

How’s this for a unique wedding? You can have a Klingon present at your Las Vegas wedding. Great if you are a Star Trek fan, interesting even if you are not. This is definitely an opportunity you will only find in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek Experience attraction offers five different wedding packages to choose from. The packages range in price from $350 for a Vulcan Vow Renewal Package to $3000 for the Admiral’s Wedding Package. Here is a little wedding planning tip: some of the wedding packages are more expensive on Friday, Saturday, and Holidays so if you are looking to save some money, avoid having your Las Vegas Klingon wedding on one of those days.

So what exactly does a Star Trek Experience wedding package include? A ceremony on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, minister dressed in Starfleet, and intergalactic music come with every wedding package. Some packages include Star Trek Experience characters, your choice of a Klingon, BORG, or Ferengi. You will also receive tickets to the History of the Future Museum, Klingon Encounter, and BORG Invasion 4D with some of the packages. Floral, photography, and videography services are also available with some packages. You can also have a wedding reception at the Quark’s Bar and Restaurant.

So if you had visions of a Klingon themed wedding, Las Vegas is the place to go. One thing is for sure, A Star Trek Wedding is guaranteed to be a unique and memorable experience for you, your spouse, and your wedding guests.

As a godparent choosing a gift for your godchild can be a real minefield. Babies are especially difficult as they grow and develop so fast that clothes and toys are often redundant within 6 weeks. The old faithful “he will grow into it” gift choice has served godparents well over the years, if in doubt make sure the gift is advanced and the child will eventually get a lot of enjoyment from it.

In my experience as a father of 2 young boys, the notion of buying gifts for kids that are about 2 years advanced for them is far from ideal. Our oldest boy has 3 godparents (it seemed like a good idea at the time) so he is overrun with toys at Christmas, birthdays etc.

The problem with giving kids toys that are too advanced for them is that by the time they are old enough to properly appreciate them, they have grown bored with, or, in many cases, wrecked the toy and never get the intended use from it. Also, having toys lying around the house that your kids don’t use is a waste of precious space that most homes simply don’t have.

Godparents often feel that their gift should be special and should stand out from the crowd. This can be a double edged sword, if you get it right and everyone loves the gift you can bask in the glory of being the cool godparent who always delivers. Get it wrong and prepare to be the subject of family ridicule at every birthday/Christmas until some other poor fool takes up the mantle!

As an uncle of five, father of two and godparent of one (all under 3), I believe I can call myself experienced in the buying and receiving of gifts for young kids, so here are my top 5 tips for godparents when buying gifts:

1. Big is not necessarily beautiful. Small, high quality toys can be far superior to bulky cheap ones.

2. You can never go wrong with books. There are some fantastic children’s books available these days.

3. Try and be different, its easy to get personalised or unique gifts online.

As with all gift buying the secret is to give yourself plenty of time to get something decent. Godparents often forget their godchild’s birthday, so set up a simple reminder on your phone or email about a week in advance.

Christening gifts are a once off so it is best to avoid toys as people generally prefer a more commemorative gift that can be kept for years to come.

The long awaited comprehensive spending review was revealed by Chancellor George Osborne in October as he announced the government’s four-year Spending Review to Parliament. He revealing some of the deepest cuts in public spending in decades, here Technical Moves – Specialist recruitment look at the likely effect on Recruitment, Jobs and Employment for East Anglia.

The the key announcements likely to effect Recruitment, Jobs, Employment and Construction projects in East Anglia are as follows:

About 490,000 public sector jobs likely to be lost

Average 19% four-year cut in departmental budgets

Structural deficit to be eliminated by 2015

£7bn in additional welfare budget cuts

Police funding cut by 4% a year

Retirement age to rise from 65 to 66 by 2020

English schools budget protected; £2bn extra for social care

NHS budget in England to rise every year until 2015

Regulated rail fares to rise 3% above inflation

Bank levy to be made permanent

Technical Moves – Specialist Recruitment comment:

“The Chancellor detailed a number of announcements that we feel will have a direct impact on recruitment, the construction industry and Jobs within East Anglia as a region. Some of the major decisions are as follows:-

* Almost £10 billion of funding will be available for new schools capital projects over the next four financial years

* The Chancellor has pledged to invest £30 billion in UK transport projects over the next four years and gave the green light to a number of projects in the process including the final dualing of the A11 in Norfolk. As has already been widely documented the A14 project has not been given the go ahead and will have a major impact on future growth plans for Cambridgeshire.

* The Social housing budget has been slashed and has been allocated £4.4 bn of capital resources which the Chancellor said would build “up to” 150,000 new affordable homes of the next four years

* Construction capital spending is likely to fall by £3.5bn which is less than the industry had been bracing itself for.

The Jobs market within East Anglia, particularly for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Construction have already affected by the economic downturn but we feel that it is important that structural deficit is addressed immediately. The true impact of the governments plans on recruitment and jobs within this region will not be truly seen for at least two years when we will have a clearer picture on if the balance has been correct. Only then will be able to see if the private sector has been able to take up the slack within the employment sector and generated news to replace the cuts to the public sector.”

To have a website, you need web space on a server. A web host provides this space so you are the proud owner of active online real estate. But what is reseller hosting and how can it mean profits for you?

As an online entrepreneur, you realize Internet businesses are constantly opening, growing and changing. A resellers is a person who sells web space on someone else’s server. In essence, you are a middle person. With so many people creating websites, there are serious profits to be made with reseller hosting.

You simply create your own website to offer web hosting services. Clients can get a domain name and start websites on your hosting service. You are not responsible for maintaining servers because you are reselling web hosting services. As a reseller, you appreciate profits without having to deal with the detailed technical issues.

Hosting resellers can sign up as an enom reseller to receive domain registrations at a discounted price. You can then offer domain registrations to your own customers through a master billing system or by creating your own domain registration turnkey website.

So how can you begin your own reseller hosting business? Here is a simple guide to get started:

– Select an easy-to-use platform and control panel for your hosting accounts.

– Choose a reliable web hosting company with outstanding support for your reseller account.

– Set up your own hosting plan and determine the prices you want to charge based on services you offer and the prices charged by the competition.

– Create a business website with a navigable design featuring your new web hosting enterprise.

– Make sure your website is ready for business with a merchant account, payment gateway and SSL certificate for complete security.

– Set up customer service options such as a help desk.

– Set up a billing system.

– Create a welcome email that will be sent to all new web hosting clients to confirm their user name and password along with a confirmation of the plan details.

– Advertise your new reseller hosting business so you can make profits.

The reseller hosting business is one of the hottest, most profitable industries on the Internet today.